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[[Image:USS Enterprise CV-6 at sea.jpg|thumb|300px|right|{{USS Enterprise CV-6 at sea.jpg/credit}}<br />USS ''Enterprise'' CV-6 at sea ''circa'' 1943-44, location unknown.]] | |||
A ship with one of the most distinguished combat records of the [[Second World War]], the '''USS ''Enterprise'' (CV-6)''' was a [[Yorktown-class|''Yorktown''-class]] U.S. [[aircraft carrier]]. She was commissioned in May 1938; served through the [[Second World War]], [[Korean War]], and [[Cold War]]. | |||
Even though [[Secretary of the Navy]] [[James Forrestal]], in October 1945, recommended to President [[Harry S. Truman]] that ''Enterprise'' (unable to operate the heavier, larger modern jet aircraft then entering service) be preserved "as a visible symbol of American valor and tenacity in war, and of our will to fight all enemies who assail us...."<ref name=DEC>{{citation | |||
| url = http://www.cv6.org/decoration/decoration.htm | |||
| title = USS Enterprise CV-6, The Most Decorated Ship of the Second World War: Decorations | |||
| publisher = USS Enterprise (CV-6) Organization | |||
}}</ref> attempts to make her a museum ship failed, and she was scrapped in 1958. | |||
==Operations== | |||
*1941 | |||
**Task Force 8 immediately following [[Pearl Harbor (World War II)|attack on Pearl Harbor]] | |||
*1942 | |||
**[[Doolittle Raid]] | |||
**[[Battle of Midway]] | |||
**[[Battle of the Eastern Solomons]] | |||
**[[Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands]] | |||
**[[Naval Battle of Guadalcanal]] | |||
*1943 | |||
**[[Battle of Rennell Island]] | |||
**[[Operation CARTWHEEL]] (reduction of Rabaul) | |||
**[[Gilbert Islands]] | |||
**[[Kwajalein Atoll]] | |||
==Recognition== | |||
She won more awards than any other U.S. Navy ship in WWII:<ref name=DEC/> | |||
*20 battle stars, three more than any other ship (sisterships New Orleans CA-32, Minneapolis CA-36 and San Francisco CA-38 each received 17 battle stars), and seven more than the next carrier (Essex CV-9, which received 13 stars). | |||
*Presidential Unit Citation, May 1943 | |||
*Meritorious Unit Citation | |||
*In August 1945, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal cited Enterprise as the "one vessel that most nearly symbolizes the history of the Navy in this war." | |||
*following the Navy Day celebration in New York in | |||
==Characteristics== | |||
As a straight-deck carrier, she had very little capability to handle [[carrier-capable]] jets. | |||
==References== | |||
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 A ship with one of the most distinguished combat records of the Second World War, the USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a Yorktown-class U.S. aircraft carrier. She was commissioned in May 1938; served through the Second World War, Korean War, and Cold War. Even though Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, in October 1945, recommended to President Harry S. Truman that Enterprise (unable to operate the heavier, larger modern jet aircraft then entering service) be preserved "as a visible symbol of American valor and tenacity in war, and of our will to fight all enemies who assail us...."[1] attempts to make her a museum ship failed, and she was scrapped in 1958. Operations
RecognitionShe won more awards than any other U.S. Navy ship in WWII:[1]
CharacteristicsAs a straight-deck carrier, she had very little capability to handle carrier-capable jets. References
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